Preston Quarry #2 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $63 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2015
Latest incident
Dec 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
66
citations
27
significant & substantial
$46,493
proposed penalties
$13,041
paid to date
28% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33,452 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 450 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Preston Quarry #2 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $63 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$46K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$63
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $36K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
92%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$36K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-09-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2022-05-13, 4 years ago
63%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz85 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.51
1.02
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
0.5
1.18
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.75
0.54
1.39
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-03-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.24
0.28
4.43
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-03-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.21
0.29
4.17
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-05-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.31
0.55
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2022-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.51
0.90
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2009-04-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.35
0.16
Stone Polisher/Cutter
2009-04-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
5
2020
1
2019
1
2018
3
2017
4
2016
3
2015
4
2014
3
2013
1
2012
1
2011
0
2010
4
2009
1
2008
2
2005
1
2004
3
2003
2
2002
8
2001
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Preston Quarry #2 sits in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.9% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania · Population 59,971
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$62,482
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4
2,400
4
0
1666.7
2021 Q3
2,965
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,904
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
720
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
480
2
0
4166.7
2020 Q3
540
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
504
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
300
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4
360
4
0
11111.1
2019 Q3
470
4
1
8510.6
2019 Q2
540
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
810
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,140
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,080
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,824
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,446
3
0
2074.7
2017 Q3
2,010
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,920
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
960
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
480
3
0
6250.0
2016 Q3
1,440
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,620
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,440
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,201
1
0
832.6
2015 Q1
961
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,440
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
965
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
480
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
60
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
120
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
0
1
0
2010 Q2
2,044
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
928
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1
7
2
7000000.0
2009 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
40
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
600
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
455
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
878
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
732
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,672
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,092
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
971
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
396
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
590
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
2,234
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,270
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,332
1
1
230.8
2002 Q1
4,830
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,954
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,550
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,156
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2015 · 1 incident
December 26, 2015PA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
WHILE PUTTING PLASTIC UP (TO FORM A BUILDING AS PROTECTION FROM THE WIND), THE BOARD (SLABWOOD) USED TO ANCHOR THE PLASTIC TO THE BUILDING BROKE STRIKING HIS RIGHT EYE.